IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) News

Asia Pacific: 250m digital TV Homes by 2013
Jun 18, 2008 – New research from Informa Telecoms & Media shows that more than a third of TV homes in the Asia Pacific region will receive digital signals in 2013, up from just 13% at the end of 2007.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Asia, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial

Portugal - Meo tops 100,000 customers
Jun 18, 2008 – Portugal Telecom's Meo has topped 100,000 customers, six months ahead of schedule. In the second quarter of 2008 there were 53,000 adhesions registered, more than the double the number in the first quarter of this year.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, IPTV, Portugal, Subscribers

Packet Vision and TANDBERG Television lay the foundations for frame-accurate addressable advertising
Jun 18, 2008 – Packet Vision and TANDBERG Television (NASDAQ:ERIC) have announced the world's only solution capable of delivering truly frame-accurate splicing in H.264 over IPTV - a key component in ensuring seamless delivery of addressable advertising.
News categories: Packet Vision, TANDBERG Television, Advertising, Content Distribution, IPTV

Brazoria Telephone deploys Alcatel-Lucent's Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture
Jun 17, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Brazoria Telephone has deployed Alcatel-Lucent's Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA) to deliver broadband voice, video and data services to customers south of Houston.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Brazoria Telephone, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, USA

UTStarcom Selected by Sri Lanka Telecom to Launch IPTV Services on the South Asian Island
Jun 17, 2008 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced a multi-million dollar contract with Just In Time Holdings to supply its industry-leading RollingStream® end-to-end Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution to Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).
News categories: UTStarcom, Sri Lanka Telecom, Just In Time Holdings Pvt Ltd., Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box, Sri Lanka

Amino Introduces First 100% Digital, High Definition (HD) IPTV Set-Top Box (STB) at NXTcomm08
Jun 17, 2008 – Amino (LSE: AMO) has launched the AmiNET130M, the market's first 100% digital HD IPTV STB, at NXTcomm. With HDMI as the only available method of connection to the TV, the AmiNET130M is cheaper and simpler to install than other HD IPTV STBs.
News categories: Amino, Digital TV, IPTV, Set Top Box

Verimatrix Content Security Chosen for Win Multimedia's WinTV
Jun 17, 2008 – Verimatrix has announced that Win Multimedia, Thailand's leading IPTV Operator and Multimedia Service Provider company, has selected Verimatrix to protect its Digital Television Channels and video-on-demand service of WinTV.
News categories: Verimatrix, Win Multimedia, BroadcastAsia, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, IPTV, Thailand

China's digital cable TV subscribers top 26 million by 2007
Jun 17, 2008 – China's digital cable television population doubled in 2007, as savvy domestic consumers embraced more forms of new media, according to a report by the country's media watchdog.
News categories: SARFT, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

ZyXEL Announces Industry's First ADSL2/2+ 802.11n Gateway and New IPTV Product Offerings
Jun 16, 2008 – ZyXEL has announced the availability of two new products - the P-660HNU series 802.11n ADSL2/2+ wireless gateway and the STB-1001 IPTV set-top box.
News categories: ZyXEL, Broadband, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home